Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-12
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q passenger train on the Pemberton &,
Hightown branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Sharon near Highttown, in con-
sequence of broken rail. The mail car
and passenger cars we're thrown from the
track and the former was burned and all
the mail destroyed. A. A. Perrins of
Camden, conductor OF the train, was Sc
riously if not fatally injured. Superintend-
ent Barnard sent a number of physicians
up on q, special train to look after the in
Jured.
A. colored man, who keeps the
Pennsylvania railroad ferry house clean
picked up small glass bottle from behind
the door of the gentlemen's toilet room in
contained some kind of an acid, exploded
in his hand and the flooring caught fire.
Fer a time it looked as though the big
building was doomed, but the company's
fire apparatus was brought out, and the
fire was extinguished before any serious
damage had been done. A man named
Thomas Heppessy has been arrested on
suspicion. r1-~. B.. . ..r......s q
The long contest In the New Jersey
legislature over the election OF United
States Senator was ended on the End, by
the election OF Rufus Blodgett, to succeed
Senator Sewell. The result was brought
to defeat GOV. Leon Albeit. Mr.. BIodgett
is railroad man, So years of, age and a
prominent Democrat though strong pro-
tective tariff partisan. It is said he will
vote with the Republicans to organize the
Senate. '' Pc.
At tive clock Tuesday morning fire
broke out Ia the store of Nicoll the Tailor,
in the Bowery at New York City, doing
damage to the amount Of sGD,0OO, The fire
blockaded the elevated railroad, and when
the trains started the narrow footpath by
the side Of the track was so shaken that
passengers We're thrown to the street below,
three being instantly killed and two others
injured so that they died in a few hours. e..
Massachusetts, shoe manufacturers is
sue manifesto to the effect that the OK
orbitant demands of labor have caused ST.
600, 600 loss of wages and trade. aHstt1 3.
At Il fire in tenement row in New
York City, on the 4th, two colored women
were burned up soft" uE.a ""-fI -,
J. W. Low & Sons tannery at Cam
bridge, Mass, was damaged $4,000 by fire.
on the 4th. @ t an -,-l"s ".5fr'
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/ The signal service. is likely to be
sadly pinched by the failure of the. general
deficiency bill The deficiency estimates
for this service aggregated s23,77O large
part Of the total being estimated for
transportation and mileage. The estimate
for transportation and baggage amounted
to only s2,425, but the failure of congress to
hot
barrassment for, according to the state
ment Of the. chief signal officer, it !. is
now impossible to move a man, even to
discharge or ire-enlist, him, or to replace
those who are dead or dangerouslysill. The
term of service of a number of men has ex-
PRED, but they must be retained in the
corps from lack of money to send them to
their homes. The most serious consequence
Of the failure of the bill, perhaps, will be
the discontinuance of the storm warnings,
cold waves, etc, at a number Of Important
points owing to the failure of the item
appropriating $4,000 for telegraphing and
reporting these warnings.
The following is q statement of the